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You can get daily emails from them about what is on sale. I do this although I don't think I have bought any yet.
I didn't know it was bookbub - I also get the e-mails but haven't made a purchase yet
Faith wrote: "Bookbub is now selling discounted audio books through a site called Chirp.https://the-digital-reader.com/2019/0......"
Great priced audios! 🎧 thanks for posting 😊
Chirp makes them affordable !
I signed up haven't bought anything yet has anyone? How is the app for listening?
Non-US people should note that it is for US customers only. You need a US credit card.
MissSusie wrote: "I signed up haven't bought anything yet has anyone? How is the app for listening?"Me neither - I signed up and keep looking at the daily emails, but so far I haven't come across anything that piques my interest enough to buy! Hopefully that will improve...
IvanOpinion wrote: "Non-US people should note that it is for US customers only. You need a US credit card."Thank you.
Oooh, I'm noticing Chirp's deals are starting to look a little better finally - there's a few classic/mainstream/recognizable titles at the moment for anyone interested:(Chirp is US only) https://www.chirpbooks.com/deals
classics:
Moby-Dick, or, the Whale by Herman Melville, for $1.99 (15 days to claim)
The Sea Wolf by Jack London, for $1.99 (6 days to claim)
The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen, for .99c (13 days to claim)
The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells, for $2.99 (27 days to claim)
Les Misérables by Victor Hugo for $1.99 (15 days to claim)
Under the Greenwood Tree by Thomas Hardy, for $2.99 (18 days to claim)
Shoeless Joe by W.P. Kinsella, for $3.99 (25 days to claim)
contemporary
A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman for $2.99 (13 days to claim)
Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata, for $2.99 (15 days to claim)
The Far Field by Vadhuri Mijay, for $2.99 (15 days to claim)
Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng, for $2.99 (24 days to claim)
The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang, for $3.99 (15 days to claim)
sci-fi
All Systems Red (Novela, Murderbot Diaries) by Martha Wells, for $2.99 (23 days to claim)
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers, for $4.99 (21 days to claim)
Timeless by R.A Salvatore, for $4.99 (21 days to claim)
mystery-thriller/spy
The Scarlatti Inheritance by Robert Ludlam, for $4.99 (13 days to claim)
nonfiction-history
Young Washington: How Wilderness and War Forged America’s Founding Father by Peter Stark, for $4.99 (21 days to claim)
Gandhi: An autobiography by Mahatma Gandhi, for $3.99 (30 days to claim)
Has anyone noticed? A LOT of the Chirp audiobooks are available for free listening through Hoopla.
I don't like that you can't download the files with Chirp. I'll put up with that from Scribd, because it's a subscription service rather than a discrete payment for each book, but I don't like actually paying for the book and then not being able to store the file in my computer.Hmph.
Contrarius wrote: "I don't like that you can't download the files with Chirp. I'll put up with that from Scribd, because it's a subscription service rather than a discrete payment for each book, but I don't like actu..."I didn’t realize that. I don’t like that either.
Maygirl7 wrote: "Contrarius wrote: "I don't like that you can't download the files with Chirp...."I should clarify, just to avoid confusion: you can download them to your phone, so you can listen to them offline. You just can't download them to your computer, so you can't keep them except on the phone.
Contrarius wrote: "Maygirl7 wrote: "Contrarius wrote: "I don't like that you can't download the files with Chirp...."I should clarify, just to avoid confusion: you can download them to your phone, so you can listen..."
Thanks. It just illustrates again that nothing digital is really belongs to us.
Maygirl7 wrote: "Thanks. It just illustrates again that nothing digital is really belongs to us...."Ehhh. Publishers want you to think so, but when I actually have the files in my own computer and my own external hard drives, I consider them mine no matter what the publisher may think. And even when they try to restrict you with proprietary formats (like .aax for Audible or .azw for Kindle), apps like Calibre and Open Audible give you the flexibility to listen to and/or read your books in whatever way you like.
I've been getting the Chirp emails for months and nothing has been interesting enough to me to buy it. Because I prefer to listen through a small iPod, a service like Chirp or audiobooks or Scribd is annoying because I have to carry my bulkier phone around with me and have the book interrupted when I get a phone call. I wouldn't be surprised if Audible eventually goes the same route, it already is like that for its Romance/Escape package. Most people like using their phone for everything but I don't.
I prefer using my MP3 player to my phone for the same reasons. I use mostly Overdrive to get my audiobooks, which works well. I was getting so annoyed using my phone for other sources of audiobooks that I dug up an old phone and started to use that just for the books. That worked out really well. It would be worth it to me to buy a used phone if I didn't have this one.I strap my MP3 player on my arm when I am using it and made a carrier out of swim suit fabric to be able to carry my old phone
on my arm also.
Robin wrote: " I wouldn't be surprised if Audible eventually goes the same route, it already is like that for its Romance/Escape package. Most people like using their phone for everything but I don't."My biggest beef is that I prefer to listen using a non-proprietary app, Bookmobile, instead of whatever app the audiobook companies want to foist on us. I used to be able to listen to Audible books in Bookmobile without conversion, but that got really buggy in more recent versions of the .aax file format, so now I have to use OpenAudible to convert the files to mp3. Which is a pain, but worth it to me!
I'm I wright in understanding that the service is only available in the us? when I tried to buy a book, it rejected me, because I did not have a us card linked to my paypal.
Contrarius wrote: "Maygirl7 wrote: "Thanks. It just illustrates again that nothing digital is really belongs to us...."Ehhh. Publishers want you to think so, but when I actually have the files in my own computer an..."
Agree with the "nothing digital belongs to us" and use Calibre and sometime OpenAudible. Audible has good apps on the 3 devices I use so have not used it in a while.
On Chirp, having to have yet another app and can only store on my phone or stream stopped my purchases. Found 3 audios that I would have bought because only $.99 or $1.99 and then looked at how to listen. Did not complete the purchase. Suspect I will only keep buying from Audible.
Jesper wrote: "I'm I wright in understanding that the service is only available in the us? when I tried to buy a book, it rejected me, because I did not have a us card linked to my paypal."See message 6
I've bought quite a few books from Chirp and download them to my phone which is my main listening device. I don't have a reason to download them to my computer, so it's a win for me.The prices, when on sale, are fantastic!
I’m listening to a Chirp purchase now. My goal is to listen to the book. Keeping the downloads just fills my available space so I like making them go “whoosh” after I’m finished. I don’t use a non-proprietary app. I don’t see a need to. All my Chirp, Audible, Author's Direct purchases are available when I want to listen. It’s like borrowing from the library (which I do a LOT) only it’s my private personal library.
Anne ✨ wrote: "I've been using Chirp for one year now! I've spent $98.89 (11 months $8.99 + 1 month $0.00)
I've listened to 49 audiobooks = $2.02/audiobook :)
I have a good routine with it now. I typically am ..."
You seem to be confusing Chirp with Scribd. Chirp doesn't have monthly fees.
I use Scribd as well. Also, I've found that it *is* possible to listen to as many books as you want, unrestricted in choice, if you first download the books to your phone and then turn off both wifi and cellular access for the Scribd app, which you can do in your phone's settings. I've listened to eight books in Scribd so far this month alone. Of course, I have yet to see whether Scribd will retaliate against me next month for doing this -- it's an experiment!
Contrarius wrote: "Anne ✨ wrote: "I've been using Chirp for one year now! I've spent $98.89 (11 months $8.99 + 1 month $0.00)
I've listened to 49 audiobooks = $2.02/audiobook :)
I have a good routine with it now. ..."
haha you're right, put this in the wrong thread! Sunday morning grogginess!! HAHA! I'll move it there...
I have read many of the comments on this Chirp thread. I agree and disregard with a lot of them. One comment I have is about Hoopla as a free affirmative. Sure it's free. But every time I pause the playback, I must download the book again. It is annoying and uses data when not in a wifi area. The Chirp app avoid that BS. I bought "RUSSKA" (40 hours of listening) and for $5 from Chirp, instead of $35 from Audible. Major savings.
I'm having a lot of issues using the Chirp app on my iPad. It stops by itself, skips around, and won't respond to commands. I've had to give up listening to a few purchases because of it. I love the deals, but not if I can't use the files. :-(
Lloyd wrote: "I bought "RUSSKA" (40 hours of listening) and for $5 from Chirp, instead of $35 from Audible. Major savings."You should never have to pay more than $14.95 for a book from Audible -- $9.50 per book if you have the platinum membership. Less with sales.
And with Audible you actually own the file -- and you can go back to it years later if you want to, without worrying about whether the company still exists.
If you don't care about owning the actual files, then Scribd seems to be the best deal. $9 per month, and you get three audio books before your choices are limited -- so you're only paying $3 per book.
Contrarius wrote: "I don't like that you can't download the files with Chirp. I'll put up with that from Scribd, because it's a subscription service rather than a discrete payment for each book, but I don't like actu..."Same here. I bought a couple of books that I wasn't likely to listen to again, but $1.99 was my limit. Without archiving, the site could disappear tomorrow, so you just have to consider what you get there is no different from a rental. There were TONS of complaints about their app, but with their update in August or September, it has been working pretty well.
Robin wrote: "I've been getting the Chirp emails for months and nothing has been interesting enough to me to buy it. Because I prefer to listen through a small iPod, a service like Chirp or audiobooks or Scribd ..."I prefer my Nano and Echo for all my listening, so yeah, it's an issue for me too. I don't listen to romance in general, but I thought Escape was a rental service? It would make sense then to be available only through the app.
Jan wrote: "I'm having a lot of issues using the Chirp app on my iPad. It stops by itself, skips around, and won't respond to commands. I've had to give up listening to a few purchases because of it. I love th..."Try reinstalling the app. They did an update in late August or early September and most of the complaints have died down. I've played one book on an Itouch and it played fine, so there's hope there. Most of the problems were downloaded rather than streamed books, but I was able to play Marie Kondo's book without a problem downloaded rather than streamed on my ITouch.
Lloyd wrote: "I have read many of the comments on this Chirp thread. I agree and disregard with a lot of them. One comment I have is about Hoopla as a free affirmative. Sure it's free. But every time I pause the..."Yes, but if you bought the extra 3 credits, it would have been about $10 and you could listen to it again when Chirp shuts down. :) Not knocking you. My Mom is a read-it-once and out it goes person. Some stuff she is rereading today because she's basically forgotten what she read before the 1990s. I have 12 books in my Chirp library all .99 and $1.99. Once I figure out how to archive (I'm sure there is a way) then I will be more comfortable buying more from them, but in the meantime, I just limit what I shell out for a one-time listen.
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Moby-Dick or, The Whale (other topics)The Sea Wolf (other topics)
The Snow Queen (other topics)
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Les Misérables (other topics)
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